1. Stalin And The JAC
... had eliminated his viable competition , yet he "proceeded to purge the party and terrorize the entire country with widespread arrests and executions." The Great Terror that lasted from 1934-39 had no rationale other than guaranteeing Stalin's complete dominance. He "placed the entire population of nearly two hundred million people wholly in the power of the police," who were in ... ideal Socialism, but Stalin neglected to consider the fragility of the economy, and the collectivization effort resulted in famine and catastrophe. The Five-year plan envisaged that 85% of all peasant farmlan...
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